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Reseachers Study Out-of-Use Chicken Houses

Some agriculture producers go on to use their leftover chicken houses.
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Some agriculture producers go on to use their leftover chicken houses.

Tearing down a chicken house might seem as simple as pushing it over and cleaning up the remains, but Practice 360 is a conservation procedure meant to help close the structures and remediate soil. The University of Missouri and Enviroscapes Ecological Consulting are researching through a survey and interviews how Northwest Arkansas farmers use this program, what happens to their out-of-commission houses and why they stop farming poultry.

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